Was Knockout Ahead of His Time? (Transformers: Prime Video Essay)
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I'd smash this car in a different way.
I just knew this type of comment was gonna show up in a video about Knockout lol
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Tf you mean by that
I would to
But I thought breakdown was the “smashing” type
Considering he is the brawn to Knockout’s brain
I love making innuendos
It is weird how relatively soft Megatron was towards Knockout. My guess is that because he was still useful as the ship medic.
Knockout put enough effort into his assigned tasks to narrowly avoid invoking Megatron's wrath and wasn't actively trying to overthrow him until Starscream got involved lol, so I guess Megatron saw it as a waste of time to go for Knockout when Starscream was the REAL offender lmao
Plus unlike other Decepticons Knockout never really tried to overthrow or go against Megatron. Sure he decided to go along with Starscream when Megs was in a coma, but that was about it. That was like, _one_ instance since Megatron met him. The only other character who's never tried to go against Megs is Soundwave, who never, not once, had beef with Megatron or tried to go against orders or overthrow him. He rarely if ever failed Megatron.
I'm willing to bet the only reason Megatron ever got harsh with him or Breakdown is because they had a tendency to fail him from time to time, but because it wasn't as much as other Decepticons, and Knockout had a medical role with Breakdown being his assistant, he never felt it necessary to give them more than a few harsh words and light threats. (Not saying he wouldn't back the threats up, but that they weren't as bad compared to how he's threatened others in the past.)
@@TheDaxter11 ah. For a moment I forgot Megatron’s policy is to be ruthless towards to troops but to be downright merciless towards traitors. Starscream is soooo lucky the DJD aren’t a thing in Prime
@@leoninenoble and actually succeeded enough
@@TheDaxter11 Cuz Soundwave is one of Megatron's oldest friends typically, his loyalty is the deepest and most unwavering. The only way Soundwave betrays Megatron is if Megatron betrays the cause first, as seen in the second half of G1 IDW
I still think one of the best things Prime did was re-imagine Soundwave. His silent, menacing manner was extremely effective, and the fact his entire series dialogue consists of four words total was exceptionally well used.
While absolutely agree that it was excellently done, I still missed the Gen-1 classic version, and best Con, later, to only be well followed by, BLITSWING, the TRIPLECHANGER. The bot, the tank, the fighter jet. As a teen, and still, I always wanted to become one of those.
I don't usually let myself like villains (it's a complicated moral thing that only exists in my head)... Soundwave is an exception to that rule. Probably the only one (unless you count reformed villains, but those are just good guys with more character development)
His silence spoke pretty loudly when he uses actions.
Also the way other characters treat him is a great way of showing that deference.
He’s one of very few that Megatron will treat respectfully, even Starscream will toe the line when Soundwave is around, he quite clearly establishes his superiority and extreme loyalty when he effortlessly humiliated Airachnid and his cunning by breaking himself out of captivity with only Lazerbeak to help, and is perhaps the only character precise enough to use Space Bridges in personal combat.
As Soundwave once said: *Soundwave superior. Autobots, inferior.*
In the books that are set in the same universe as transformers prime it’s revealed that sound wave took a vow of silence after they lost their home world cybertron
Transformers Prime had god-tier representation:
- Knock Out was great LGBT representation, being an extremely likeable and occasionally badass villain with really no bad stereotype to him
- Arcee was an amazing strong female protagonist that doesn't feel manipulatively empowering and was a great character all around
- Agent Fowler was an amazingly competent black man who could also be very funny
-Megatron was some extremely rare representation of a wall-eyed character that's cunning and badass
-Bumblebee was an amazing disabled character that can still accomplish a lot, and, frankly, so was Starscream after he lost his TCog
-*Soundwave was superior*
Agent William *Fowler, but yeah. Great times...
@@coconut_890x5 thanks. But, honestly "Very competent and badass black man that can be very funny" fits Spiderverse Prowler too
@@koshavinka2995 yes, but Knock-Out is wayyy older-
*Autobots: inferior*
While I do absolutely agree with everything you said, I feel like Megatron being cross-eyed throughout the whole series was unintentional.
Knockout is literally the GOAT. Most fun character on that show. Also this show has the best version of Soundwave to the point they had to remove him before the finale because he'd've been too op
Bro seriously Soundwave should’ve fought more. He pretty easily kicked Wheeljacks ass and probably could’ve beaten more Autobots. He has one of the most op weapons. He can literally space bridge anywhere. Like he did with Arachnid and Arcee he teleported them far away. He could realistically teleport them into the sun or from great heights.
They also had to nerf him in RID, but before they did nerf him, they only managed to defeat him through luck
@@Zedumbass24 I forgot how op Soundwave was in the show
Agreed
Correct me if f I am wrong, but I do believe it is called a “ground bridge” for a reason. But I get what ur trying to say if it weren’t for plot armor, I bet he would have done more than just put distance between enemies far away, like dropping them in a lava pit .
I know this is Knockout’s time to shine, but anyone else think Breakdown’s death was a massive waste of story material? If they needed to cut costs, why not have Airachnid rip out his voice box and give him a new VA?
Or go the bumble bee rought and have his "voice" be noises (just harsher to give him some uniqueness).
That would have been way more clever a solution than just killing him off
@PurpleOwlAnimation Even Better
To be fair to Hasbro, this cost like 1.6 million per episode after awhile. But this was also the time when the Michael bay movies were making loads of money, so who knows
@@michaeljones4470 tru
Technically the name knock out has been used before, it's just that Prime's interpretation became so popular he set the standard going forward.
While yes, technically he's the sixth Knock Out/Knockout he's not really remotely a reinterpretation like Optimus, Ratchet, Megatron, Starscream et al are. He is a completely new distinct character who just happens to share the same name as some rather obscure or insignificant characters. The other characters I would say come even close to this are Breakdown and Airachnid (the former bearing little resemblance to the previous Stunticon or Velocitronian counterparts and the latter being entirely original) however they both match very closely to tropes of other characters they clearly take the place of (Lugnut and Blackarachnia respectively) which does leave Knock Out still somewhat unique here.
@@UnderChromey thats because of hasbro constantly reusing names to keep their trademark (although they didnt bother doing that with bumblebee which is why he disappeared until the movie)
They especially kept reusing names during the unicron trilogy era (the dark ages) for completely unrelated characters
@@UnderChromey breakdowns new behavior is kind of like a redemption arc of his past self
I love how in season 3 when Knockout, Megatron, or Starscream are on screen the animation budget increases tenfold. They're movements are just so smooth in season 3.
I will never get tired of Knockout's dialogs and personality.
You scraped my paint
@@lumityforever im not only an automobile im an automobile enthusiast
"The creepy uncle that's now your stepdad"
I just can't get over that statement XDXDXDXD
*Freaking Hamlet man...*
I think Megatron confused ‘Starscream’ with ‘Stressball’
Starscream had So much He transformed into his G1 form in RID (2015) to then get JetFussled by Bumblebee every hour when his goon's captured him .
I think you mean "therapeutic Punching bag"
My favorite scene with him and Starscream is during the Zombie episode
Aim for the head
shoots the head, doesn't work
it works in the movies
I prepare this dynamic over him and Breakdown
Didn't he also compliment Star Scream's finish and sleekness too?
@@bthsr7113 Yeah a nice compliment ^^
@@unripetheberrby6283 Why so?
@@TheFunnyDictatorknockout says he admires starscreams lustrous finish
18:30 Don't forget he's their ONLY medic until Shockwave reveals he survived and gets a menacing warning that the Decepticons must stand united and no more backstabbing, which was said in Starscreams mind and to a peeping Knockout.
Everytime Starscream and Knockout are in the same room you _know_ something hilarious is about to go down
In hindsight, I wonder if Knockout could have been written to have had tactile issues. What if his issues with his finish being scratched was more than vanity? Not what happened, but it's an interesting idea.
Edit: I'm guessing part of the reason why Knockout gets better than expected treatment is because until Shockwave came along, Knockout was the ONLY trained medical personnel they had. Also the best they had for a scientist. They needed him around.
Soundwave was my favorite from this series. He's so competent that he doesn't need to talk or brag. He gets the job done and that's it and if he does fail there's no excuses and pleading like starscream.
When it comes to Transformers Prime, the pros are always the ‘Cons.
Incidentally, I’d be down to watch a video essay on Starscream, too!
The 'bots and humans were also good parts (Miko wasn't my fave by any means, but I don't remember her being THAT annoying or out of place in the group dynamic)
Miko I found to be annoying at first. She would constantly cause problems and the lampshade hanging didn’t help. But I liked her after she got character development, even if it was only one episode.
@@KittyMonk One thing I'll always love about Miko is how she's the one to deal the blow of realization that "humans are NOT just insects and MECH aren't the only ones willing or able to take out Cybertronians" to Megatron and the rest of the Decepticons after the episode Hurt. And that's before she becomes the first and only human to use the Apex Armor in Chain of Command.
@@shadowstar8619 And she's the first human Wrecker.
Knockout was such a interesting and hilarious addition to Transformers Prime. He wasn't necessarily evil but he wasn't good either, *he was just trying to make sure whatever side he was on didn't get his finish scuffed the most.* 😆😂
Not including the leaders, my top 3 favourite characters of the show were *Smokescreen, Knockout, and Arcee.*
Also, that trick Smokescreen pull on Knockout in Season 2 that he then got revenge for in Predacons Rising never fails to make me laugh. 😂🤣
If they're going to view me as the bad guy then that's their loss, that doesn't make me evil. And I for one am going to be proud of myself to be considered my villain's enemy. And I'm gonna look damn good doing it too.
It is my head canon that Knockout stayed away from the war until it became obvious the Cons were the "winning team" and that's why he doesn't have a faction symbol.
Ayo I see you everywhere 💀
Knockout can never ever be trusted
27:29
Finally someone apricates this episode as much as I do. Patch is by far the most creative, innovative, and the greatest Clipshow Episode in television history so far. It was used to further the plot, set up a cliffhanger that would translate into the season 2 finale, establish Starscream's new personality, and the best part, was we had two amazing voice actors just hamming it up in-between clips. It truly shows that there is so much more to the concept of a Clipshow episode, than just a cheap copout.
Agreed. I absolutely adore the Patch episode. Clipshow Episodes can indeed by done well and this is the greatest example of that.
I actually thought it was great that Knockout actually becomes a reluctant autobot and even is praised by Prime in the “rise of the predictions” movie special.
One of the things that the show made clear was that While Knock Out has a sadistic streak, it usually when he’s been motivated or angered to be so
Also he’s never actually that cruel undeservedly, he does seem like the kind of bot who gives back what he receives
if you’re kind and or loyal him, he is not against being the same
it makes sense that not all Cons will suddenly just go back to being pally with autobots but Knock Out, even Shockwave seem more logical and more open to beneficial cooperation then militant dogmatic hatred like star scream
Knock Out i think is also smart enough to realize that the autobot wouldn’t double deal or betray him like the other cons have done many times, he can count on them to have his back if he’s genuine and willing to reform.
TLDR: Starscream is open to cooperation, and actually good at it, as well as suited to actually help his aliies, whoever they are, as long as he benefits from it. More explanation below.
Well, to be completely honest, Starscream, while being a militant and a narcissist on par with Knockout, he is geniunely worried for the actual fate of cybertron, albeit under his command, but, remember this, he is:
1) An actual military AND civilian commander(Seekers were not just all warriors, though all of them were highly trained)
2) He joined the cause becauce of the original meaning of it, and while sleek, was actually concerned about the caste system while being at the top of hierarchy(just like Soundwave)
I choose to not let the movie end for Starscream to be the case, considering how he was written, after being rejected his groveling from post-trauma Megatron, he could geniunely stepped up to Optimus and say lines along "well i guess we are on the same team now", which honestly is the case here. He is overproud and narcissistic at times, but when it is time to stop, he stops.
Coming back to your comment on that he is not open to cooperation, honestly, he very much is, at least until the writers decide he isn't. It is a recurring problem that some characters in TFP do not do what they most likely would do in a said situation.
He is honestly a better survivalist then Knockout, so him just trying to seize the command of decepticons after Megatron goes back to neutral is kind of a bad writing decision.
Tere is no war to be waged anymore, since now both sides are willing to build the new society as the original decepticon cause wanted to, so for his own sake the best he could do is pledge allegiance to the cause of rebuilding Cybertron and restoring the society, which would then move him back to his rightful place as Seeker Commander as Seekers return to Cybertron from all corners of the galaxy and learn what happened. He is more then suited to be a leader, heck, he was a leader for millenia prior to the war.
All in all, I see movie Starscream as a fluctuation in his character that should have never been the case.
TLDR: Starscream is open to cooperation, and actually good at it, as well as suited to actually help his aliies, whoever they are, as long as he benefits from it.
@@andyskill810 I will say that Starscream’s commitment to the cause and species depends on which adaption he’s in
I would further say that the Starscream from Prime is more like the original 1986 counterpart and is both a coward and a selfsh manipulator
he might care about the fate of the species but only in how it affects him, and he would be the first to abandon at the slightest moment the fight went poorly and or he was threatened
In fact we have that here since in the final series Movie, when A possessed megaton (By unicorn) unleashes a sea of undead predictions to poison the heart of Cybertron
Star scream plans to take the Decepticon warship and abandon the planet until Knock Out knocks him out, defects to the Autobot side and helps them to protect Cybertron
One of the main reasons Starscream in later season 2 and most of 3 is more dedicated to the cause was to ensure his safety from Megatron since the majority of season 1 and 2 Starscream’s schemes and power struggles hindered Megatron, got Starscream nearly scrapped many times over, and thus keeping him happy and being useful is the way he keeps alive. Self preservation.
Yes Starscream is open to cooperation with enemies or rivals for mutual benefit but he is fully willing to betray and or drop that the moment it becomes inconvenient
yes Starscream is more of a survivalist then Knock out because his entire mantra is to survive at any cost, no matter how many lies and or desperate this you have to do
I always assumed that Starscream if he survived the predictions would return to cybertron but would only do so because it was impossible to carry on the deception cause and it was the best way for him to have any real power and or influence anymore
because that’s all the character cared about deep down.
I actually did not like the sequel series and their use of decepticons or star scream so i agree there
Knockout was just an idiot
Knockout and NitroZeus are the most human friendly Decepicons I've ever seen
Yes, they are the most friendly decepies.
@@skulker1235 i like the term Decepies . how about a little change . Decepties
on the subject of knockout and ratchet's interaction, I've actually wondered if perhaps knock out new ratchet stole the synthetic energon. And perhaps he further knew that things would work out, which is why he didn't hesitate to help recapture ratchet.
Knockout was such an interesting and charismatic character.
The biggest thing I took from Knockout when I watched Transformers Prime as a kid it's at the one thing you never want to do to him is scratch his finish
"My favourite characters are villains" You know, when the villains almost always have cooler designs than the heroes, I really can't blame you. The Autobots look good, don't get me wrong, but the Decepticons... holy _fucking_ badass.
Edit: 10:29 No no, he makes a very valid point. It might be vital for a "fleshy" species to not go extinct, but humans... "interfacing" as he puts it is indeed, 100%, repulsive.
Starscream totally rocks those heels, like it makes me a little jealous tbh.
@@BrightWulph Knockout occasionally makes me question things about myself so I get it lol.
Knockout is obsessed with his appearance, just like Kevin 11 is obsessed with his car.
two would make a great duo . you wanna make some great quotes with me .
2:42 I recently noticed StarScream actually seemed concerned about Megatron here. As a kid I was confused thinking he was just being his deceitful, conniving self.. with them not showing his expressions, or body language, or thoughts... But now, they likely didn't show those things because, he WASN'T being that for one sec. Makes sense as well with him knowing of, and not being the biggest #1 fan of the stuff in this continuity. And matches too with him not having a "deceitful" reaction to Megatron in the last episode
Reading the Wind Blade comics right now, I think it's good! The art's appealing and story's kinda interesting(plus I imagine similar things happening after the events Prime/the movie) Nice lore.
And yes, very much enjoy BreakDown + KnockOut.
So glad they can continue being together, where BreakDown is alive. Poor dudes 🥺
It's also so cool seeing creators realize how much fans appreciate characters sometimes haha
This was a long video! But a nice one. Cool you like this show too ☺️
In Prime, Starscream spends the first season being that traditionally conniving and scheming “stab you in the back” type of enemy of megaton,
But when megaton returns from coma stasis, Starscream despite having been punished badly for it, continues to be that character until a point in the second season where Megatron spares Starscream and starscream decides that he is better off following Megatron then being destroyed by him
That's why he starts to genuinely show concern and or at least is far more loyal from that point to the end of season 3 and the movie.
i'd love a sequel to prime sometime, like, it's a genuinely really good show and i'd love to see a renew decepticon threat or something and scenes with knockout and ratchet working together to solve problems and knockout occasionally going on his mad doctor rants that ratchet brings him down from.
knockout wasn't an entirely new character made for tf prime. The name "Knockout" was created way back in G2 for a minicon character. The character wasn't popular at all. Later the writers for tf prime decided to make a new incarnation of the character, this time not as a minicon. The new incarnation is the knockout we all know and love (if you don't believe me go and watch Chris Mcfeely's video on knockout)
Soundwave was not present when Knockout and Starscream schemed behind his back. In the laboratory he merely witnessed Starscream being his usual self indulging self. Soundwave would not have a reason to distrust Knockout, it would merely seem like his medical opinion. But Starscream his need to gloat the moment Megatron was supposedly killed in action that is what set off Soundwave. He had no surveillance of Knockout being treacherous. So yes uninformed the first time Megatron could have possibly learned of this betrayal was in Patch
Knockout was pure gold from Transformers Prime.
There actually was a knockout cameo or two in RID :] You can see his car model in the same design and color at a race
POR QUE!? WHAT EPISODE???
My favorite Knockout line: Uh oh. Does this thing have a fast forward? OR BETTER YET ERASE!?!
Also, in regards to the episode “Speed Metal,” the idea of Knockout sneaking out to a street race is funny when you consider that he would have use the groundbridge to get off the Nemesis, then just drive around until he catches wind of a race after dark. And considering he’s done this multiple times, Knockout would have to use the groundbridge every time he wants to go street racing.
I’d like to imagine knockout is on velocitron by the end of the timeline as a racing commentator or something
or maybe married to Arcee ? .
Nah bro the entire fandom has agreed his flamboyant ass is gay as hell
Holy Hell!! From the moment I saw Kitty Monk using Transformers Prime clips in her videos, I've been curious to see what is her opinion on the show, and transformers as a whole; especially cause I haven't really seen any cartoon channel that takes time to talk about Transformers Prime! AND this one is 40 minutes?!?! I'M SO HAPPY!!!
This version of Transformers truly ahead of It's time unlike other Incarnations and don't think I'm aware you sometime used a certain clips as one of your main jokes.
Honestly, like whenever I think back to it, one of my favorite things about it is the sound design/effects. They get so many little movements that you sometimes hardly even recognize are there but it's so appreciated. I love the 'Cons' claws clinking, I love the reactionary sounds (like gasps and grunts), I love the *_music!_* especially that intro 🤩 And the animation was honestly really good for 2010 and I think it still really holds up. This is also my favorite version of Starscream. I love his design, I love the way he's animated, I love the way he acts, he's similar to other incarnations but still different. I miss this show so much 😭
I think this show is a little overrated. TF Animated was more inventive and fun. Megatron was just a head for most of S1 but he was still a threat! And his return was more epic than The prime version.
@@zemox2534 I think it's because it was the first show to be advertised as not being made for kids. So all the shortcomings tend to be swept under the rug. People seem to forget that Prime had TWO clip shows in the same season, less than 10 episodes apart from one another.
TFP was just one of the best TF shows ever. Top three easily 😊
I wouldn’t exactly call the Bay films a “‘mature effort”, at least not when we see scenes of Dog humping, racist stereotypes, Transformers peeing on people and being horrible to each other…”enemy scrotums” - I could go on…
Regardless, good video analysis, Knockout was always just “there” for me, but as time went on he became more and more of a favourite of mine.
Yeah if anything, those movies were immature as hell
@Soviet Punk Waaay over it - we've got better director's making these films now.
WHAT?!
I have never seen any of the Michael Bay transformers films and after reading this comment I have decided that I don’t want to watch any of those films EVER
@@melodysmusicaladventures596 If you want to try a Transformers film that doesn't feel so degrading, try the Bumblebee film! It's the same director who worked in Laika and directed "Kubo and the two Strings" - a HUGE step in the right direction, and you don't need to see the prior films to enjoy it.
@@Bleh391 Thanks for the tip I’ll check it out :)
About Knock Out in sequel show (aka Robots in Disguise), he technically did made a small cameos in 2 episodes...
Season 2 episode 9: "Impounded " when Autobots, Bumblebee and Strongarm are trapped in the impound lot, there among the cars is Knock Out's vehicle mode...same model shows up in Season 3 episode 10: "Disordered Personalities"
where, in Knock Out's traditional manner, it was participating in road race. As expected, some fans started to speculate on possibility of this being subtle hints towards Knock Out's surprise return, but as Kitty Monk already said, nothing came of it. (Yeah, you can already tell how many people actually liked this show)
I personally like to believe Knock Out returned to Earth sometime after Prime ended, in order to live a peaceful life, hiding in plain sight.
Especially since in finale of Robots in Disguise (spoiler alert btw) it was revealed that High Council that took over leadership of Cybertron after Great war had ended, were actually Decepticons in disguise, pulling strings behind most of the significant events in that show...
Knock Out, a Decepticon who decided to switch sides once the faction seemingly lost the war,...doesn't sound like someone High Council would spare...
Thank you for staying on my ted talk :)
Honestly I get the whole knockdown being gay thing and he gets discriminated for it, but if I am correct a couple of the writers are car enthusiasts and said that a lot of the hate he got for being a car and trying to keep it nice were because of their personal experience getting hate from others about their passion, I know all about that as well, being into cars means you’re different and you’re an outcast, unless it’s a super car nobody really bats an eye, knockout is basically just a walking double entendre
Whenever I remind myself of Knockout, Starscream, or Shockwave, I always just find myself repeating their lined out loud. (Mainly Knockout for obviously having the most fun voice)
I often wondered why Megatron didn't just kill Starscreem after all the times he backstabbed him
There are three posibilities: 1.Megatron was too arogant to believe Starscream could suceed (and he is mostly right); 2.Megatron needed his skills as a seeker; or 3. He enjoyed beating him up and seeyng his suffer.
Knockout is the main reason I can never find myself getting really into any other Transformers series, cause all I can think is "Yeah, this is good.... be better if Knockout was here though." The only acception is Transformers Animated, and that's just cause of Starscream and Blurr.
Knockout brings a little fun in the decepticons and I like his relationship with starscream.
Knockout is the best character, that’s undeniable, but best and favourite are not the same, my favourite is by far Airachnid, I have no… *cough* big spider lady *cough* … why
Also, Knockout is technically a reinterpretation of a name that wasn’t used in a long time, but he is the true Knockout, he just took the name and made it fantastic
Sorry for the long comment
While he's not in the sequel series (which there's a lot of debate if it really is but thats a whole other thing), there is what many people consider his and Breakdowns sparkling (transformers version of a biological kid) in it named Wildbreak who had Breakdowns color scheme with bits of Knockouts personality mixed with G1 Breakdowns (in G1 Breakdown was a bit more skittish and was part of the Stunticons who would combine into Menasor). He takes Breakdowns place in RiD for the Stuntacons, which if Breakdown was originally part of the Stuntacons in the Aligned continuity means that he took one of his dads places in the team - which if true, is a pretty sweet deal for the rest of the Stuntacons to be able to get closure with that!
The show runners (writing staff not execs) have said before that Knockout and Breakdown were supposed to be officially together but couldn't due to yknow... 2010's reasons.
What was the sequel series?
@@sapphirethewolf7237 Supposedly RID15
@@sapphirethewolf7237 Robots in Disguise 2015!
it's a nice theory but cybertronians don't reproduce like that, they don't have biological kids i'm pretty sure
@@favesgrave Actually in the canon of both IDW and Aligned (which are connected thanks to the Windblade comics where this was in fact made canon as of vol 2 #4!) cybertronians can in fact have biological kids! Sparklings are normally created through spark merging, where a smaller spark is created from the merge and attaches itself to one of the mechs, known as Carriers! After a while of growing the sparks are transferred to sentio metalico (living metal) to eventually grow into a full protoform! There's a whole profession for this, since theres a risk of the metal not being able to read the sparks code, and it's a very delicate process to mold the metal to the spark by hand and takes years to master. One of the few Trans mechs Anode has a whole story beat of it in the Lost Light comic, she does this process in LL#3!
The writing and the voice acting in this show indeed were terrific.
Sound wave was the most intimidating of megatrons minions in the show
27:28, "Patch" is my favorite episode too ^^
I think it just goes to show how good this cartoon was,... making even a Clip Show episode entertaining and memorable.
Her voice fits the cat perfectly
I know it was a short little comment but “Patch” is also my favorite episode of TFP as well! It’s pretty much a clip show but it does it in such a smart way by using it as Starscream’s memories and to further the plot along with insane character development for Starscream! Would LOVE a video analysis on that episode!
knockout is the best way to introduce a certain type of person while not feeling forced or off putting, making him a well written lovable character rather than something that was just added to please certain people, making him feel like an actually people
Cool enough, he’s actually got two figures this year: a non-transforming figure in the RED line and an upcoming transforming G1 style figure in the legacy line with the exact same car mode as the show!
I just listened to someone talk about Knockout lore for 40 minutes… worth it :)
There's a fan comic about that missing door where he asks for the coordinates of where Optimus put his door using an open comms channel. The final panel shows the door sinking into the labrea tar pit.
please do more transformers prime videos. this one was great and I would love to hear your thoughts on other characters, esspically one where you tear into Miko who was the worst character in the show.
Personally, I’d LOVE to see a Dreadwing video! Definitely a more morally complex character, and one of my favorite Decepticons!
Well I wouldn’t say she’s the worst character 😅 then again I love most of the characters in the show so
Personally, I thought Miko was OK after she got character development in Season 2. Hurt is one of my favorite episodes. It took forever to like her in Season 1, though, especially in rewatches.
@@KittyMonk that's fair, I just never liked her and while she could get serious when the situation called for it, it never seemed to stick and it always annoyed me that she was never once called out for her actions that put her and others in danger. as far as I can remember.
Jack and I that's did call her out on her recklessness many times.
All hail Transformers Prime!
Seriously, this show is fantastic. I love it.
I loved knockout sound wave and shock wave
because they have all used some how used some kind of sound attack
im glad knock out got a video hes really just too good to be ture
honestly my favorite character out of all of them is:
Soundwave, dude was terrifyingly quiet had only one line the entire show, and if you look at his backstory dude could easily rival Megatron and Prime in battle
but chose to be the spymaster
Knock-Out is one of awesome character fans like. He have some down part in some episodes but he do great good. Yes in Season 4 aka Rise of the Predacons he switch to the Autobot he didn't do that much but he but he got to be great when Optimus tell everyone they are act and are as a prime. I think there was a scrap season 3 planning before the Predacons. Knock-Out was planning leave the Autobots and join the Star-Seekers *space pirate* when can't take down the Decepticons or Unicron but didn't happen so yeah. Knock-Out is amazing bot ever and best.
Personally I would prefer a video on Transformers Animated. Don't get me wrong Prime is still one of the better/best shows, but Animated did something different than the other Transformer shows and not only got shafted but I think is often overlooked
That's a fair take. Armada and Energon also tend to be overlooked.... with Cybertron just being pretty to look at and all the anime KABOOM!
@@bthsr7113 thats because armada and especially energon were awful, im not sure about cybertron though but the plot sounds interesting
@@bthsr7113 energon is trerrible man aniamtion is shit and so is the voice acting they where overlooked for a reason beastwars and beast machines look better than all three
mate check your facts lol animated is loved to death with good reason
One of my favorite creators knows one of my favorite shows???
AMAZING
Knockout and Breakdown are the only decepticons I like Knockout because he became an autobot in the end and he lost his best friend Breakdown because he didn't deserve to die the way he did also the part where bulkhead rescued him but the little respect I have for starscream is because he can run in heels
I am just so glad content like this exists. I love that the fandom for this show is still going strong
Yeah, I did notice that while Megatron has some form of a soft spot, most likely because Knockout doesn't cross the line a lot and doesn't act like a suck up like Starscream, he doesn't have favoritism with him like Soundwave (we know why). Knockout is useful and loyal (more the most part) and yeah, the ships only medic (till Shockwave). Fun fact, Megatron and Knockout are shipped but it's not as popular as other ships
Loved this video. Love Knockout. I hope you do a Predaking video eventually.
Man, I loved this show as a kid. I might have to rewatch it someday.
Y'know I just realised I don't think we had an incarnation of Barricade in this show.
I guess Knock-out was his replace meant, shows how good Knock-out is that it took me until now, after how many years, to realise Barricade wasn't there.
His voice reminds me of Perfect Cell.
And I love it.
Knockout gave me so much gender envy when I saw this show as a kid. I wanted to be him so bad. Would like to see more tfp essays or just anything transformers related. 💜
Transformers made you realise you were trans
@@t-dude352 Yup 😎
Yes! Thank you for talking about this great show. I can't wait for a Starscream video as you said you'll make ❤️
There also could have been a chance he somehow made it to Griffin Rock in Rescue Bots since Rescue Bots is connected to Prime and Robots in Disguise 2015
Great job on this video essay! I grew up with the show so it’s nice to see this, especially on one of my favorite characters.
Knockout saying "juicy" is still one of my favorite things in the show
5:12 This is Starscreams predecessor, and I'd like to have a word with you about that. Lol
This is going to be *_J U I C Y_*
LOL 😂☠
Long story short, Megatron goes easy on Knockout compared to Starscream because you don't eliminate competent medics. Even he knows better than to possibly go into battle against Prime and not be at 100%.
Not a fan of IDW Knockout.
However~
In Japan, TFP never got further than Season 2, So Knockout remained a Decepticon and within a follow up manga, he is eventually reunited with Breakdown after the latter is resurrected by Unicron alongside G1 Starscream and Armada Thrust.
So there you go, there's a continuity where TFP Breakdown gets his happy ending with Knockout.
Wait, Beast Hunters wasn’t a thing in Japan? Damn.
Well, happy endings. Whoo!
@@skrilllfury2120 For the Deception's
Knockout and starscream share one brain cell and it’s one of the best things in this show
I'm guessing Megatron was so relatively lenient with Knockout was because he was the only Decepticon with the knowledge to serve as the Nemesis's medic. At least, until Shockwave arrives. If he hurts Knockout too much, who's going to fix him?
Shockwave wasn’t a medic he was a mad scientist, knockout could be considered a scientist with a few scenes that show it,
I honestly wasn’t expecting this 😂😂 well I know what I’m doing when it premieres
Wow transformers prime!?
I feel validated
Now you get a sub
KNOCK-OUT MY BELOVED
Knock out actully makes brief cameos in the sequel once in a car race knock out’s car form is shown, so he may be street racing. And two he is seen in car form whiles one of the main bots are next to him saying “typical being stuck to common criminals” or something like that. So knockout never talks or is seen in bot form. But he makes car form cameos. And it’s probably him making cameos in tended by the artists or writers because the detailing on the car has the unmistakeable silver markings on his car form, while the others are just plain copy paste with no details
I was introduced into Transformers franchise by Prime because of the plot.
The plot:
'not because of insubordination but because he's ga- i mean his vehicle mode is a car'
good save
His vehicle mode does appear in one episode of RID 2015, same color scheme and everything. Can’t remember where it was though.
I recently rewatched the sequel to prime and even tho it's not actually Knock Out, there are cameos of his vehicle mode in at least two episodes.
At the beginning I did not give the Show a fair chance because it felt like TFA ended prematurely so Prime, a show closer to Bayformer, could fill its Place. Several plot threats were left hanging Blackarachnia and Waspinator, the Starscream clones and the worst offender Sari. After her upgrade she bearly appeared and her origins was not really explored; apparently the showrunner were told to concentrade on the toy characters.
I catched an episode during season 2 and gave it a propper chance and rewarched the series.
TFA certainly deserved to finish its stories, but I don't hold it against Prime. I'm much more salty over EMH getting cut though.
@@bthsr7113 and getting replaced by a version that is closer to the movies while beeing rather stupid. At least it felt like that from what I have seen. AA was a downgrade, but at least the show did not bring up a new storyarc in the last season but left it in a cliffhanger, I am looking at you x-men Evolution and Lucas / David. Show was still good, created X-23 and I love the friendship between Kitty and Kurt, the two had the best connection to most people in the cast
Animated was canceled because hasbro wanted to make their own channel and animated needed to get cancelled for that to happen.
I watched my first few episodes randomly and my first exposure to him was when he was cat calling Optimus of all people.
That shit slayed me so good, he immediately won me over to watch the show for real.
FUCK YEAH TRANSFORMERS. I do think the IDW1 comics were a bit more mature than Transformers Prime though. that being said, you can get away with more in comics than cartoons.
Uh Kitty, I wouldn't exactly call the Michael Bay films mature.
Thank god!!!! Thank you so much for doing a video on Knockout!!!!
It bugged me at first because he’s a Decepticon,but I got it, Knockout LIKES Cars. I can understand that. Planes are cool, but driving can be great.
Knock Out is just *FABULOUS~* -cue 'I'm Fabulous' from Phineas and Ferb-. But yeah, Knock Out was definitely a strong character who could've kept going
To me soundwave really does not like starscream, who remembers at the beginning of season 3 when starscream finds that picture of ratchet, soundwave never mentions it despite at this point the audience should know that most if not all information going through the nemesis soundwave should know about
?!?! I *LOVE* TRANSFORMERS PRIME AND I *_LOVE_* KNOCKOUT! AHHH I CANT WAIT FOR THIS 🤩
Always wanted a Zoolander style walk-off between Knock Out and Tracks.
I recognize the queer coding, but it shows the difficulty between personality and identity. What made Knock Out fun (his sass, his irreverence) comes from his personality. He's not sassy to fill a gay stereotype, he's sassy because he's Knock Out. The same way his survival instincts are a part of his personality. It is an interesting question where personality ends and identity begins.
Knockout was one of my favorite Decepticons in the show. He was so funny, and he was one of my favorite cars. He was also voiced by my favorite voice actor. :)
7:30 first thing he says to optimus is freaking flirting, what an introduction